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Now 5 years later I don’t worry about it much.  We live in the area were our family is.  Plus my car has been very good for us.  We took of it, and it took care of us.  I just hope that it lasts a few more years, that would be great.  With the economy as bad as it is, we all need to take care of our stuff.

There was a young couple (a very young couple… probably teenagers) with a little baby.  I’m not good at judging how old babies are but this baby was little- not yet sitting up on his own.  So, I saw the male (I don’t know if he was the father or just a boyfriend???) going to the top of the a very tall twisty slide. 

(As a brief aside- I know that I am overprotective- but I don’t let Peanut go on those very tall twisty slides because she is always trying to turn her body around.  If she gets turned around and goes down all twisted she could end up hurt- so we stick to the toddler area, as I’m sure is intended by the creators of the equipment.)

So, I thought- wow that baby is little to be going down that slide.  Considering you’re supposed to be careful with babies necks and heads, etc.  I assumed the male was going to put the baby on his lap to go down the slide and even thought that seemed a little risky.

I was wrong.

The mother sat down at the bottom of the slide and said, “Now lay him down.  Make sure his head is on the slide.”

The male grinned and said, “I have no idea how to do this.”

The mother looked around proudly and said, “Just put him down and let him go.”

I’m pretty sure that my mouth hung open in shock as he let the baby go.  The baby looked scared to me, not like he enjoyed it at all.

I seriously considered calling child protective services but when I turned around they were gone.

Anyways- while it’s on my mind I’m going to write some of the things I need to do.  First of all- I need to make a list.  I love making lists and getting everything written down that I want to do.  That way I won’t forget anything.  Plus, crossing things off of my list gives me a sense of accomplishment.  One of the main things on my list will be to make a list of the people I am buying for and what I want to buy for them.  So, essentially I will be writing “make list” on my list.  Crazy, right?

One thing I do want to get taken care of right away is our Christmas cards.  I’d like to figure out what we want and order them.  That way when I have a few minutes here and there I can work on our cards. 

Well, I’m off to work on my list.  How about you?  What do you need to get done?

I actually did not love summer vacation because we didn’t get to spend as much time together.  We still talked on the phone quite frequently and wrote each other lots of letters.  Every few days I was sending her a letter’s, and she was doing the same.  I still have a lot of those letters today and it’s fun to get them out from time to time and read them and reminisce.  I wonder if other people do this as well, I wonder if Sally does.

Did you know that the average household has around $8,000 in credit card debt?  That doesn’t even include car loans or student loans or medical bills.  That also boggles my mind.  How will people ever get ahead of their bills when they keep spending and borrowing?

I know at one time we did get ourselves into a little trouble with our credit cards.  It was when I was in college- and you know how credit card companies love to send college students all sorts of credit card offers?  Well- that’s what they did to me and I used them.  But you know what- I stopped and learned my lesson before it got serious.  I paid everything off.  Since then I have never had a credit card bill that was not paid in full each month.

George did not learn the same good habits and brought a lot of debt with him when we met.  I got into some bad habits of buying a bunch of stuff on credit cards that I couldn’t pay for.  And before I knew it we had a whole lot of debt.  It was time for us to get serious about our money.

For the most part I took care of all of our debt.  I put us on a strict budget and got all of our debt paid off in a couple of years.  Now we have a nice amount of money set aside in our savings account.  And if we can’t afford something- we don’t buy it.

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